TY - CONF A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - Dense Powder beds for powder-based additive manufacturing of ceramics T2 - EUROMAT 2015 CY - Warsaw, Poland DA - 2015-09-20 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-34863 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Xu, F. A1 - Ren, H. A1 - Zheng, M. A1 - Shao, X. A1 - Dai, T. A1 - Wu, Y. A1 - Tian, L. A1 - Liu, Y. A1 - Liu, B. A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Liu, Y. A1 - Liu, Y. T1 - Development of biodegradable bioactive glass ceramics by DLP printed containing EPCs/BMSCs for bone tissue engineering of rabbit mandible defects N2 - Bioactive glass ceramics have excellent biocompatibility and osteoconductivity; and can form direct chemical bonds with human bones; thus, these ceramic are considered as “Smart” materials. In this study, we develop a new type of bioactive glass ceramic (AP40mod) as a scaffold containing Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and Mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) to repair critical-sized bone defects in rabbit mandibles. For in vitro experiments: AP40mod was prepared by Dgital light processing (DLP) system and the optimal ratio of EPCs/BMSCs was screened by analyzing cell proliferation and ALP activity, as well as the influence of genes related to osteogenesis and angiogenesis by direct inoculation into scaffolds. The scaffold showed suitable mechanical properties, with a Bending strength 52.7 MPa and a good biological activity. Additionally, when EPCs/BMSCs ratio were combined at a ratio of 2:1 with AP40mod, the ALP activity, osteogenesis and angiogenesis were significantly increased. For in vivo experiments: application of AP40mod/EPCs/BMSCs (after 7 days of in vitro spin culture) to repair and reconstruct critical-sized mandible defect in rabbit showed that all scaffolds were successfully accurately implanted into the defect area. As revealed by macroscopically and CT at the end of 9 months, defects in the AP40mod/EPCs/BMSCs group were nearly completely covered by normal bone and the degradation rate was 29.9% compared to 20.1% in the AP40mod group by the 3D reconstruction. As revealed by HE and Masson staining analyses, newly formed blood vessels, bone marrow and collagen maturity were significantly increased in the AP40mod/EPCs/BMSCs group compared to those in the AP40mod group. We directly inoculated cells on the novel material to screen for the best inoculation ratio. It is concluded that the AP40mod combination of EPCs/BMSCs is a promising approach for repairing and reconstructing large load bearing bone defect. KW - Three-dimensional Bone tissue engineering KW - Endothelial progenitor cell KW - Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell KW - Bioactive glass scaffold PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103532 SN - 1751-6161 VL - 103 SP - 103532 EP - 103532 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-50491 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zocca, Andrea A1 - Colombo, P. A1 - Wirth, Cynthia A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - Additive manufacturing of ceramics: Issues, potentialities, and opportunities N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) is a technology which has the potential not only to change the way of conventional industrial manufacturing processes, adding material instead of subtracting, but also to create entirely new production and business strategies. Since about three decades, AM technologies have been used to fabricate prototypes or models mostly from polymeric or metallic materials. Recently, products have been introduced into the market that cannot be produced in another way than additively. Ceramic materials are, however, not easy to process by AM technologies, as their processing requirements (in terms of feedstock and/or sintering) are very challenging. On the other hand, it can be expected that AM technologies, once successful, will have an extraordinary impact on the industrial production of ceramic components and, moreover, will open for ceramics new uses and new markets. KW - Additive Fertigung KW - Keramik PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.13700 SN - 0002-7820 SN - 1551-2916 VL - 98 IS - 7 SP - 1983 EP - 2001 PB - Blackwell Publishing CY - Malden AN - OPUS4-34961 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - Layerwise slurry deposition of technical ceramics for Additive Manufacturing N2 - The use of water based ceramic slurries as feedstock for the additive manufacture of ceramics has many advantages which are not fully exploit yet. In the layerwise slurry deposition (LSD) process a slurry with no or low organic content is repetitively spread as thin layers on each other by means of a doctor blade. During the deposition, the ceramic particles settle on the previously deposited and dried material to form thin layers with a high packing density (55-60%). The LSD therefore shares aspects both of tape casting and slip casting. The LSD differentiates from the classical powder-based AM layer deposition, which typically achieves with a flowable coarse grained powder a low packing density (35-50%) only, consequently hindering the ability of sintering ceramic parts to full density. The LSD is coupled with the principles of selective laser sintering (SLS) or binder jetting, to generate novel processes which take advantage of the possibility of achieving a highly dense powder-bed. Contrary to the LSD process, which requires drying of each individual layer, the direct interaction of ceramic slurries with intense laser radiation is a promising approach for the additive manufacture of ceramics, also. This presentation will provide a detailed discussion of the specific features of the slurry based processes, potentialities and issues connected to the layer deposition and describe the most recent developments in their application to technical ceramics. T2 - WAC Forum 2016 CY - Ravenna, Italy DA - 13.06.2016 KW - additive manufacturing PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38052 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zocca, Andrea A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - Towards a debinding-free additive manufacturing of ceramics: A development perspective of water-based LSD and LIS technologies N2 - Ceramic additive manufacturing (AM) requires a complex process chain with various post-processing steps that require expensive machines and special expertise. The key to further market penetration is AM that makes it possible to integrate into an already established ceramic process chain. Most successful AM technologies for ceramics are, however, based on processes that initially have been developed for polymeric materials. For ceramics AM, polymers or precursors are loaded with ceramic particles. This strategy facilitates the entry into AM, however the introduction of organic additives into the ceramic process chain represents a considerable technological challenge to ultimately obtain a ceramic component after additive shaping. In the present communication, two technologies based on ceramic suspensions will be introduced, the “layerwise slurry deposition” (LSD) and “laser induced slip casting” (LIS) technology. Both technologies take advantage of the high packing densities reached by conventional slip casting and moreover enable the processing of fines, even nanoparticles. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Ceramic KW - Water-based KW - Debinding KW - Slurry PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-605531 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2024.100632 SN - 2666-5395 VL - 19 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-60553 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hoffmann, Moritz A1 - Stawarczyk, Bogna A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Zocca, Andrea T1 - Influence of additives and binder on the physical properties of dental silicate glass-ceramic feedstock for additive manufacturing N2 - Objectives The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of organic additives (binder, plasticizer, and the cross-linking ink) in the formulation of water-based feedstocks on the properties of a dental feldspathic glass-ceramic material developed for the slurry-based additive manufacturing technology “LSD-print.” Material and methods Three water-based feldspathic feedstocks were produced to study the effects of polyvinyl alcohol (AC1) and poly (sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (AC2) as binder systems. A feedstock without organic additives was tested as the control group (CG). Disc-shaped (n = 15) and bar (n = 7) specimens were slip-cast and characterized in the green and fired states. In the green state, density and flexural strength were measured. In the fired state, density, shrinkage, flexural strength (FS), Weibull modulus, fracture toughness (KIC), Martens parameters, and microstructure were analyzed. Disc-shaped and bar specimens were also cut from commercially available CAD/CAM blocks and used as a target reference (TR) for the fired state. Results In the green state, CG showed the highest bulk density but the lowest FS, while the highest FS in the green state was achieved with the addition of a cross-linking ink. After firing, no significant differences in density and a similar microstructure were observed for all slip-cast groups, indicating that almost complete densification could be achieved. The CAD/CAM specimens showed the highest mean FS, Weibull modulus, and KIC, with significant differences between some of the slip-cast groups. Significance These results suggest that the investigated feedstocks are promising candidates for the slurry-based additive manufacturing of restorations meeting the class 1a requirements according to DIN EN ISO 6871:2019–01. KW - Firing KW - 3D-printing KW - Silicate glass-ceramics KW - Debinding PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-600516 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106563 SN - 1751-6161 VL - 155 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-60051 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knabe, C. A1 - Stiller, M. A1 - Kampschulte, M. A1 - Wilbig, Janka A1 - Peleska, B. A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Gildenhaar, R. A1 - Berger, G. A1 - Rack, A. A1 - Linow, U. A1 - Heiland, M. A1 - Rendenbach, C. A1 - Koerdt, S. A1 - Steffen, C. A1 - Houshmand, A. A1 - Xiang-Tischhauser, L. A1 - Adel-Khattab, D. T1 - A tissue engineered 3D printed calcium alkali phosphate bioceramic bone graft enables vascularization and regeneration of critical-size discontinuity bony defects in vivo N2 - Recently, efforts towards the development of patient-specific 3D printed scaffolds for bone tissue engineering from bioactive ceramics have continuously intensified. For reconstruction of segmental defects after subtotal mandibulectomy a suitable tissue engineered bioceramic bone graft needs to be endowed with homogenously distributed osteoblasts in order to mimic the advantageous features of vascularized autologous fibula grafts, which represent the standard of care, contain osteogenic cells and are transplanted with the respective blood vessel. Consequently, inducing vascularization early on is pivotal for bone tissue engineering. The current study explored an advanced bone tissue engineering approach combining an advanced 3D printing technique for bioactive resorbable ceramic scaffolds with a perfusion cell culture technique for pre-colonization with mesenchymal stem cells, and with an intrinsic angiogenesis technique for regenerating critical size, segmental discontinuity defects in vivo applying a rat model. To this end, the effect of differing Si-CAOP (silica containing calcium alkali orthophosphate) scaffold microarchitecture arising from 3D powder bed printing (RP) or the Schwarzwalder Somers (SSM) replica fabrication technique on vascularization and bone regeneration was analyzed in vivo. In 80 rats 6-mm segmental discontinuity defects were created in the left femur. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Bio active ceramic KW - In-vivo KW - Alcium alkali phosphate PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-584555 DO - https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1221314 SN - 2296-4185 VL - 11 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - Frontiers SA CY - Lausanne AN - OPUS4-58455 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knabe, Christine A1 - Adel-Khattab, Doaa A1 - Rezk, Mohamed A1 - Cheng, Jia A1 - Berger, Georg A1 - Gildenhaar, Renate A1 - Wilbig, Janka A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Rack, Alexander A1 - Heiland, Max A1 - Knauf, Tom A1 - Stiller, Michael T1 - Osteogenic Effect of a Bioactive Calcium Alkali Phosphate Bone Substitute in Humans N2 - (1) Background: The desire to avoid autograft harvesting in implant dentistry has prompted an ever-increasing quest for bioceramic bone substitutes, which stimulate osteogenesis while resorbing in a timely fashion. Consequently, a highly bioactive silicon containing calcium alkali orthophosphate (Si-CAP) material was created, which previously was shown to induce greater bone cell maturation and bone neo-formation than β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) in vivo as well as in vitro. Our study tested the hypothesis that the enhanced effect on bone cell function in vitro and in sheep in vivo would lead to more copious bone neoformation in patients following sinus floor augmentation (SFA) employing Si-CAP when compared to β-TCP. (2) Methods: The effects of Si-CAP on osteogenesis and Si-CAP resorbability were evaluated in biopsies harvested from 38 patients six months after SFA in comparison to β-TCP employing undecalcified histology, histomorphometry, and immunohistochemical analysis of osteogenic marker expression. (3) Results: Si-CAP as well as β-TCP supported matrix mineralization and bone formation. Apically furthest away from the original bone tissue, Si-CAP induced significantly higher bone formation, bone-bonding (bone-bioceramic contact), and granule resorption than β-TCP. This was in conjunction with a higher expression of osteogenic markers. (4) Conclusions: Si-CAP induced higher and more advanced bone formation and resorbability than β-TCP, while β-TCP’s remarkable osteoconductivity has been widely demonstrated. Hence, Si-CAP constitutes a well-suited bioactive graft choice for SFA in the clinical arena. KW - Silicon release KW - Bioceramics KW - Calcium alkali orthophosphate materials KW - Bioactive bone grafting material KW - Bioactivity KW - Osteogenesis KW - Bone regeneration KW - Sinus floor augmentation PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-591015 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10121408 VL - 10 IS - 12 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-59101 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ginés-Palomares, Juan Carlos A1 - Fateri, Miranda A1 - Kalhöfer, Eckhard A1 - Schubert, Tim A1 - Meyer, Lena A1 - Kolsch, Nico A1 - Brandic Lipinska, Monica A1 - Davenport, Robert A1 - Imhof, Barbara A1 - Waclavicek, René A1 - Sperl, Matthias A1 - Makaya, Advenit A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - Laser melting manufacturing of large elements of lunar regolith simulant for paving on the Moon N2 - The next steps for the expansion of the human presence in the solar system will be taken on the Moon. However, due to the low lunar gravity, the suspended dust generated when lunar rovers move across the lunar soil is a significant risk for lunar missions as it can affect the systems of the exploration vehicles. One solution to mitigate this problem is the construction of roads and landing pads on the Moon. In addition, to increase the sustainability of future lunar missions, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) techniques must be developed. In this paper, the use of concentrated light for paving on the Moon by melting the lunar regolith is investigated. As a substitute of the concentrated sunlight, a high-power CO2 laser is used in the experiments. With this set-up, a maximum laser spot diameter of 100 mm can be achieved, which translates in high thicknesses of the consolidated layers. Furthermore, the lunar regolith simulant EAC-1A is used as a substitute of the actual lunar soil. At the end of the study, large samples (approximately 250 × 250 mm) with interlocking capabilities were fabricated by melting the lunar simulant with the laser directly on the powder bed. Large areas of lunar soil can be covered with these samples and serve as roads and landing pads, decreasing the propagation of lunar dust. These manufactured samples were analysed regarding their ineralogical composition, internal structure and mechanical properties. KW - Regolith KW - ISRU KW - Moon KW - Laser KW - Additive manufacturing PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-585985 DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42008-1 SN - 2045-2322 VL - 13 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-58598 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sänger, Johanna A1 - König, N.F. A1 - De Marzi, A. A1 - Zocca, Andrea A1 - Franchin, G. A1 - Bermejo, R. A1 - Colombo, P. A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - Linear volumetric additive manufacturing of zirconia from a transparent photopolymerizable ceramic slurry via Xolography N2 - Advanced ceramics printed with photon-based additive manufacturing deals with anisotropic mechanical properties from the layer-by-layer manufacturing. Motivated by the success in using highly filled transparent slurries containing nanoparticles for powder-based two-photon-polymerization (2PP) for advanced ceramic printing, this works approach is the transfer to Xolography, a volumetric additive manufacturing technology based on linear two-photon excitation and without recoating steps. This paper reports the results of a preliminary investigation optimizing the photocurable slurry to the requirements of Xolography in terms of transparency, over a significantly larger mean free path, compared to 2PP. A feedstock filled with 70 % weight fraction of ceramic particles (∼30 vol%) exhibiting an exceptionally high degree of transparency in the relevant wavelength range of 400–800 nm was prepared from 5 nm zirconia nanoparticles. The high transparency of the photocurable slurry is attributed to the near-monomodal particle size distribution of the zirconia nanoparticles used. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Xolography KW - Ceramic PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-608908 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2024.100655 SN - 2666-5395 VL - 19 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Elsevier BV AN - OPUS4-60890 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -